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Max’s Sandwich Shop

Max’s Sandwich Shop | Sandwich Mecca in North London

Max’s Sandwich Shop is where your hunt for London’s best sandwich should start. 

It’s also where some might say it should end.

Located up in Crouch Hill and run by the jovial Max Halley (who’s a bit of a mad scientist when it comes to sandwiches), Max’s Sandwich Shop is more of a restaurant with the wider goal of proving that the timeless bread/filling/bread formula can serve as a proper full-on dinner. To accomplish this, Max takes classic comfort food dishes and inserts them between huge slices of his homemade focaccia. Needless to say, he’s succeeded in his mission and the results are tremendous.

Max's Sandwich Shop

Attempting to eat one of these sandwiches on the go would deserve a medal, so accordingly Max’s is a place where you can sit-down and spend a good couple of hours. The space is rough around the edges, in a lovable sort of way: a mish-mash of wooden furniture, Persian rugs and playful decor. Drinks are bottled beers and ciders, quick and easy to mix cocktails (White Russians and Negronis) and you might even score a free round of picklebacks if you’re lucky, courtesy of Max himself.

But let’s not beat around the bush, the main reason you’ve come to Max’s Sandwich Shop… is for the sandwiches. The roster (usually of three to four) is led by a play on the pub staple; ham, egg and chips. It’s the most popular one by far and slaps together shoestring fries, piccalilli, slow-cooked ham hock, a fried egg and a healthy smear of salt vinegar mayo between, phew, the freshly-baked focaccia (this is Max’s preferred mode of bread as it holds the fillings better in comparison to say, sourdough and the rest).

And it’s not as though you need to stop at just one. The ‘Et Tu Brute?’, aka ‘Murdering the Caesar’, deserves shine too: a gourmet caesar salad-turned-sandwich bulging with poached chicken thighs, pickled grape & tarragon salsa and garlic croutons. Then you’ve a goat tikka masala number with Bombay mix and lime pickle & gravy mayo. Max even whips up a sandwich with spring rolls in it. Basically, there’s a lot to take in (literally), and that’s before even getting to the sides. For the record, those are jalapeño mac ‘n’ cheese balls and fried chicken wings with harissa yoghurt.

They’re a must order too, if you want to max out your enjoyment…

 

NOTE: Max’s Sandwich Shop is open Wed & Thur evenings, and for lunch & dinner Fri-Sun. You can find out more here.

Max’s Sandwich Shop | 19 Crouch Hill, Finsbury Park, London N4 4AU


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Max’s Sandwich Shop


19 Crouch Hill, Finsbury Park, N4 4AU

020 7263 8759

8.5 | Great